Bartender's Blues

Bartender's Blues - Ben Taylor

Well I'm just a bartender

I don't like my work

But I don't mind the money at all

I see lots of bad cases

Lots of sad faces

Folks with their backs to the wall

But I need four walls around me

To hold my life

To keep me from going astray

And a honky-tonk angel

To hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away

With smoke fills the air

In this honky-tonk bar

And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be

But I burned all my bridges

I sank all my ships

And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea

I need four walls around me

To hold my life

To keep me from going astray

And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away

I can light up your smokes

I can laugh at your jokes

I can watch you fall down on your knees

I can close down this bar

I can gas up my car

I can pack up and mail in my keep

But I need four walls around me

To hold my life

To keep me from going astray

And a honky-tonk angel

To hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away

To keep me from slipping away